It happens to us all. At the train station. In the checkout line at the grocery store. Driving the kids to school. Sitting through a meeting at work. We experience a moment of stress. A feeling of frustration. A flash of hopelessness. An encounter of anger. Confusion about who we are, why we are here, what we could possibly doing differently in this moment so it doesn’t feel quite so upsetting • Full Story

Summer tznius: Until what age is it acceptable for a boy to wear open shoes without socks? What’s our role and goal with summer camp? What are reasons why one would “go off the derech” and how can we influence him/her in a positive way? What does the Rebbe and Chassidus say about climate change and environmentalism? • MyLife Episode 220 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

Chassidus Applied to Yud Beis-Yud Gimmel Tammuz. What are your thoughts about the border and immigration debate? Should children ever be separated from their parents? How to trust and become a tougher person? • MyLife Episode 218 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

118th anniversary of the Rebbe’s parents; How can someone consider himself a chassid and not be careful with halacha? Is life in our hands or Hashem’s hands? • MyLife Episode 214 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

My teenage friends are drowning: What can we do? Are we sure that everyone has a soulmate? How to educate children about intimacy? How do we explain the words in Tanya that one has to let go of everything, including wife and children, for G-d? • MyLife Episode 213 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

Is there any truth to the idea of chassidim and family members “giving” of their years to the Rebbe? What is the healthy way for a teenager to interact with the opposite gender? Is the Torah always sensitive to people’s feelings? • MyLife Episode 212 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

Are the latest peace talks between North and South Korea another sign of Moshiach? What is the Rebbe’s opinion on sonograms? Was the Holocaust a punishment? What is the difference between asking Hashem to bring Moshiach and to bring the Geulah? • MyLife Episode 211 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

What is the story with the Rebbe’s brother, R’ Yisroel Aryeh Leib? Why are many women on a mitzva-based walkathon dressed not tzinus’dik? Are butterflies included in the Rebbe’s directive not to show children impure animals? • MyLife Episode 210 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

The winners of this year’s 4th annual MyLife: Chassidus Applied Essay Contest were announced live during the special Yud Alef Nissan Edition of the MyLife: Chassidus Applied Webcast • Full Story

Chassidus Applied to Yud Alef Nissan; What is the connection between the Rebbe as the leader of the seventh generation and malchus? What does the Rebbe want and expect of us? Is shlichus the only option? • MyLife Episode 207 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

What would the Rebbe say about the recent school shootings? Isn’t the Bar-Mitzvah Maamar too difficult for our children? Can we understand G-d? How to be an emotionally warm person? Do you recommend reading secular self-help books? • MyLife Episode 202 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

Chassidus Applied to Yud Shevat – 68 (חיים) years. Applying chapter 8 of Basi L’Gani to our lives. What is the Jewish perspective on astrology/zodiac? How can I explain the value of Shabbos to my friend who doesn’t keep it? What is your opinion on the Rebbe video recently played at a HASC concert? • MyLife Episode 198 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

How Can We Be Expected to Love Every Person? Perfectionism; How to Deal with an Irritable Wife? How to Reconcile The Stories About The Differences Between Chassidim and Misnagdim With The Foundational Principle of Ahavas Yisroel? • MyLife Episode 197 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

In honor of the Alter Rebbe’s 205th yahrzeit on 24 Teves, the Meaningful Life Center (MLC) has launched the Fourth Annual MyLife: Chassidus Applied Essay Contest, awarding $10,000 to the winning essay which applies a concept in Chassidus to solve a contemporary life issue or challenge • Full Story

How do you respond to someone who argues that praying for rain is idiotic and primitive? Does the religious world encourage suppression? Does evil exist or is it only the absence of good? How to deal with a rebellious child? • MyLife Episode 196 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

Can I Get Married If I Don’t Love Myself? What Is Our Attitude to the Secular New Year? How to deal with married children who are not frum? How to respond to someone of another religion about their faith? • MyLife Episode 195 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

Why the exuberance over Rubashkin’s release from prison? Is there any significance to Trump’s announcement about Jerusalem? Chassidus Applied to Nittel • MyLife Episode 194 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

Any directives regarding a younger sister getting married before her older sister? Are We Doing Enough to Spread the Noahide Laws? What lessons do we learn from Miketz? • MyLife Episode 192 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

Handwriting analysis (graphology): Is it legitimate from a Chassidic perspective? How to teach a child shomer negia? What is the best way to inculcate kabolas ol and respect in students? • MyLife Episode 191 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

What Can We Learn from the 190th Anniversary of the Mitteler Rebbe’s Histalkus? What is the Rebbe’s opinion about ultrasound? Unfulfilled shlucha: Should I go to school? • MyLife Episode 190 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

What to Do When There Are No Answers; When Tragedy Strikes Despite All Our Prayers? Do Ten Jewish Women Have Minyan Power? • MyLife Episode 188 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

Fitting to Paint the Rebbe’s Image on Walls? “Terrorism” in Chabad? Would the Rebbe Support the Crown Heights “Food Crawl?” • MyLife Episode 186 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch